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page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia australian guided missile destroyer for other ships with the same name see hmas brisbane hmas brisbane in 1995 history australia namesake city of brisbane builder defoe shipbuilding company laid down 15 february 1965 launched 5 may 1966 commissioned 16 december 1967 decommissioned 19 october 2001 motto we aim at higher things nickname s steel cat 1 fighting forty one 1 honours and awards battle honours vietnam 1969 71 kuwait 1990 91 plus one inherited honour awards meritorious unit citation fate sunk as dive wreck badge general characteristics class type perth class guided missile destroyer displacement 3 370 tons standard 4 551 tons full load length 437 ft 133 m length overall 420 ft 130 m between perpendiculars beam 47 ft 1 in 14 35 m draught 15 ft 3 in 4 65 m maximum propulsion 2 general electric steam turbines 70 000 shp 52 000 kw 2 shafts speed 35 knots 65 km h 40 mph range 6 000 nautical miles 11 000 km 6 900 mi at 15 knots 28 km h 17 mph complement 24 officers 312 sailors armament 1 mk 13 launcher for tartar then standard missiles 2 5 54 calibre mark 42 guns 2 mark 32 triple torpedo tube sets 2 ikara anti submarine missile launchers removed 1991 2 phalanx ciws installed 1990 hmas brisbane d 41 was one of three perth class guided missile destroyers to serve in the royal australian navy ran the united states designed ship was laid down at bay city michigan in 1965 launched in 1966 and commissioned into the ran in 1967 she is named after the city of brisbane queensland during her career brisbane made two deployments to the vietnam war was involved in the post cyclone tracy disaster relief operation navy help darwin and deployed to the persian gulf during the first gulf war brisbane was decommissioned in 2001 and was sunk as a dive wreck off the queensland coast in 2005 design and construction edit brisbane was one of three perth class guided missile destroyers built for the ran 2 based on the united states navy s charles f adams class brisbane had a displacement of 3 370 tons at standard load and 4 551 tons at full load a length of 437 feet 133 m overall and 420 feet 130 m between perpendiculars a beam of 47 feet 1 inch 14 35 m and a maximum draught of 15 feet 3 inches 4 65 m 2 propulsion was provided by two general electric turbines which provided 70 000 shaft horsepower 52 000 kw to the destroyer s two propeller shafts 2 brisbane could achieve speeds of 35 knots 65 km h 40 mph 2 the ship s company consisted of 24 officers and 312 sailors 2 as a guided missile destroyer brisbane s main armament consisted of a mark 13 missile launcher firing tartar missiles and two ikara anti submarine missile launchers 2 this was supplemented by two 5 54 calibre mark 42 guns and two mark 32 triple torpedo tube sets 2 3 over the course of the ship s career the mark 13 launcher was modified to fire standard missiles two phalanx ciws units were installed in 1990 and the ikara launchers were removed in 1991 2 brisbane was laid down by the defoe shipbuilding company at bay city michigan on 15 february 1965 2 the ship was launched on 5 may 1966 by the wife of fred chaney sr the minister for the navy 2 brisbane was handed over to the ran at boston navy yard on 7 december 1967 and was commissioned into the ran nine days later 2 the cost of the destroyer was approximately a 50 million 2 the ship was given the nicknames steel cat and fighting forty one references to her ship s badge and pennant number respectively 1 during construction the ship was assigned the united states navy hull number ddg 27 4 brisbane spent the first nine months of her career undergoing exercises in us waters before sailing for australia on 28 september 1968 2 after visits to pearl harbor and suva brisbane arrived in her namesake city on 17 october 2 operational history edit vietnam deployments edit further information military history of australia during the vietnam war during the mid 1960s the united states government pressured australia to increase the resources it was committing to the vietnam war one of the requests was for a combat vessel to help the usn meet the demand for naval gunfire support operations 5 the idea of deploying a ran combat ship to the vietnam war was initially hampered by the number of ships available particularly with commitments to the far east strategic reserve and involvement in the indonesia malaysia confrontation along with the difficulty of operating and maintaining british designed ships with usn resources 6 on 14 december 1966 the australian cabinet approved the deployment of hobart as part of increases to australian military commitment to the conflict 7 8 brisbane operated in one of three roles naval gunfire support operations to assist ground forces particularly the united states marine corps units operating closest to the north vietnam border 9 seven ships were usually stationed on the gunline and attacks fell into two categories unspotted shelling of areas where north vietnamese or viet cong forces and facilities were known or believed to be and spotted fire missions in direct support of ground troops 10 in this role brisbane operated under the callsign flamboyant 11 anti infiltration operations under operation market time which aimed to stop the logistic supply and reinforcement of viet cong units operating in south vietnam by tracking intercepting and searching coastal shipping 12 ran destroyers were never formally assigned to market time but the overlap of the gunline and market time operational areas meant the ships were often called on to assist by tracking suspicious ships or participating in raids 13 escort of usn aircraft carriers involved in operation rolling thunder airstrikes 14 sister ships hobart and perth had also been involved in shipping interdiction patrols along the coast of north vietnam as part of operation sea dragon but this operation had ended by the time of brisbane s first deployment 15 although ran ships on deployment were expected to fulfil all duties of an equivalent american destroyer they were forbidden by the australian government from operating outside the vietnam theatre on unrelated seventh fleet duties such as the taiwan patrol force guard ship duties at hong kong or the space recovery program 16 after the invasion of cambodia in 1970 ran ships were also prohibited from entering cambodian waters 17 while deployed to vietnam the destroyers were placed under the administrative control of commander australian forces vietnam in addition to that of the flag officer commanding australian fleet 18 operationally the ran vessels were under the command of the united states seventh fleet 19 arrangements were made to provide logistic support through the united states pacific fleet 19 a usn lieutenant was assigned to each ship during deployments to act as a liaison with the seventh fleet 20 the deployment of hmas hobart in march 1967 began a pattern of six month deployments for ran destroyers with a constant ran presence with the seventh fleet 8 australia was the only allied nation to provide naval support to the united states navy during the vietnam war 21 first deployment edit after time in australian waters to prepare for wartime service brisbane arrived in subic on 28 march 1969 to be deployed to the vietnam war 2 22 responsibility was handed over from perth on 31 march and the ship spent the first two weeks of april undergoing familiarisation exercises and having both gun turrets repaired following equipment failures early on 22 the destroyer was first deployed to naval gunfire support duties and arrived off the iv corps operating area on 15 april 22 during this period there was a surge in market time activity and although brisbane was not assigned to that operation she was asked to provide gunfire assistance on several occasions 23 on 5 may brisbane was ordered to the gulf of thailand to provide support for south vietnamese forces operating near the cambodian border 24 the destroyer was relieved on 18 may by uss waddell and sailed to subic for maintenance 25 on 10 june the australian ship relieved uss rupertus and commenced gunline duties in the ii corps area 25 after four days during which brisbane and uss rowan completed a combined 189 fire missions the australian ship was ordered north to i corps to relieve the american cruiser uss saint paul 25 here the australian ship provided support for 3rd battalion 3rd marines during operation virginia ridge 25 brisbane returned to the ii corps area on 24 june but only remained in the area for four days on 29 june the ship was relieved by uss james e kyes and sailed to singapore for maintenance and refit 25 26 en route to singapore the destroyer encountered the merchant vessel mv sincere which was on fire 26 after unsuccessfully attempting to extinguish the fire brisbane evacuated sincere s crew and remained in the area until the salvage vessel salvana arrived to take the stricken vessel in tow 26 brisbane returned to operations in ii corps on 15 july 27 on 22 july near the end of a shore bombardment operation a premature explosion occurred in the barrel of the forward gun turret casualties were limited to one sailor with a fractured wrist but the turret was unusable 26 28 on the ship s return to subic on 3 august the damaged turret was removed but as the replacement turret would not arrive until september brisbane would complete the deployment with only a single gun turret 29 after the completion of maintenance brisbane returned to duty on 23 august but instead of gunline duties was assigned as the head of the escort screen for the aircraft carrier uss oriskany 29 the ships were deployed to yankee station with brisbane and uss perkins plus other destroyers on occasion performing escort and plane guard duties 29 on 12 september oriskany and perkins departed and were replaced by uss constellation and uss floyd b parks respectively 29 on 14 september brisbane sailed to subic for maintenance and fitting of the replacement turret then departed on 1 october for sydney having been relieved by the daring class destroyer hmas vendetta two days earlier 2 26 30 arriving on 13 october brisbane was almost immediately docked for a major refit which lasted until 15 july 1970 2 brisbane s tour was considered quieter than those experienced previously by australian ships 31 this combined with the damage to the forward gun turret and other defects meant that the destroyer only fired 7 891 shells during the six month deployment 31 two officers from the ship were mentioned in despatches while other personnel awards included a british empire medal and 25 naval board commendations 31 second deployment edit on 29 march 1971 brisbane relieved perth of vietnam duties 32 the ship was assigned to military region 3 for gunfire support duties and arrived on 5 april 32 shortly after the destroyer was moved south to military region 4 32 she returned to military region 3 on 15 april 32 the first period on the gunline during that time concluded on 20 april during which gunfire support operations had occurred on only 11 of the 16 days 32 the destroyer returned to the gunline on 15 may with brisbane s commanding officer tasked as the overall commander of gunfire operations the only time the position was held by a ran officer 33 brisbane was assigned to operate near the demilitarized zone 33 the ship was relieved on 31 may and sailed to danang 33 the destroyer was then assigned to escort the carrier uss kitty hawk 34 during 3 and 4 may brisbane was detached to provide cover for the repatriation of prisoners of war to north vietnam 34 the operation did not go ahead as only 13 of the 570 prisoners wanted to return to north vietnam and the north vietnamese government refused to accept them 34 brisbane returned to carrier escort duties where she remained until sailing to hong kong for maintenance on 12 june 34 on 24 june brisbane was assigned back to gunline duties in military region 3 34 activity was minimal and the ship was redeployed to military region 4 on 26 june 34 foul weather prevented gunfire support operations until 30 june but the rate of activity increased with 60 fire missions completed by the end of the three week period 34 in mid july after a short stint back in region 3 brisbane sailed to subic for maintenance and leave 35 on 15 august the destroyer commenced gunfire support operations off the demilitarized zone 35 a spike in activity had resulted in the deployment of two gunfire support ships with brisbane and uss berkeley rotating between being the active vessel and being on 15 minutes standby to provide assistance 35 on 21 august berkeley was relieved by uss shelton 35 of the 7 231 shells fired during the second deployment 2 127 were fired from 15 august onwards which caused a problem as the rate of fire would cause the gun barrels to come up for replacing a week before the destroyer was due to rotate off the gunline 36 the amount of wear had yet to compromise accuracy and the destroyer was instructed to continue gunfire missions while the cruiser uss oklahoma city and the destroyer uss rogers were deployed to the gunline in support of brisbane the australian destroyer only firing if targets were out of the other ships range or they were otherwise unavailable 36 brisbane s second vietnam deployment concluded on 5 september 37 during 1971 the australian government decided to withdraw all forces from vietnam by the end of the year brisbane was the last ship to make a combat deployment to vietnam and was not replaced when the deployment ended 38 brisbane received the first of two battle honours vietnam 1969 71 for her vietnam service 39 40 personnel awards for the deployment included 24 naval board commendations two personnel mentioned in despatches and the appointment of the ship s commanding officer as a commander of the order of the british empire 37 1970s and 1980s edit on 11 march 1974 brisbane was docked for a major refit 2 this concluded on 3 october but the destroyer remained in sydney for the rest of the year 2 during the night of 24 25 december 1974 cyclone tracy destroyed the city of darwin the destroyer s personnel were recalled from leave and she left early on 26 december in the company of hmas melbourne which was loaded with relief supplies 2 41 42 brisbane sped ahead and arrived on 31 december setting up communications between the relief force and canberra 2 the destroyer s participation on operation navy help darwin the ran s largest disaster relief operation was the longest of any ran vessel the first to arrive and the last to depart on 31 january 1975 2 43 in addition to facilitating communications brisbane s personnel were responsible for clearing sites for helicopters and headquarters 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